Ross taped the next portion of the show at a live Ringside With JR show, which occurred on Sunday night. He welcomes Rey Mysterio to the show.
Ross asks Mysterio about the rumours that he might be returning to WWE. Mysterio informs that this whole thing started when he received an anonymous phone call to return for last year’s Royal Rumble. From that point on he’s had an open dialogue with WWE and he’s just waiting for them to call him with a solid return date at this point, whether it be this month, next month, or further down the line.
Mysterio remembers talking to Ross about joining WWE when WCW was bought out many years ago. Ross told Mysterio to go home and collect his guaranteed money from WCW, and when the time was right they’d call him about coming to work for WWE. Mysterio admits that he thought Ross was just blowing him off at that time, but that wasn’t the case at all.
Mysterio points out that Konnan does a lot of his booking and management work now. He notes that Konnan is a friend for life who really helped him learn the business early in his career. He’s proud to be able to help Konnan by having him earn a little piece of the pie whenever he makes appearances nowadays.
An audience member asks Ross about the possibility of the ALL IN main event being cut short. Ross notes that the match was apparently cut from 28 minutes to 12 minutes, and this was due to talents wanting to “get their shit in” earlier in the show. He thought that was selfish and unprofessional because those main event guys were in that slot for a reason, and their time was robbed.
